tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42828545641955866662015-09-16T10:56:55.122-07:00Facts and FactoidsThe Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-26475852143632252062010-05-02T15:35:00.000-07:002012-01-09T04:02:50.012-08:00World's Largest Easter Egg That's EdibleThe record for the world's largest Easter Egg is held by the Belgian chocolate producer Guylian. Guylian, famous the world over for their marbled seashell chocolates entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2005 for the world's largest edible egg when they built a massive chocolate Easter Egg measuring 8.32 metres high (27 feet 3 inches tall) and 21 feet wide.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S94O7yjfDPI/AAAAAAAACpc/WKIjvulV5ug/s1600/worlds-largest-easter-egg.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S94O7yjfDPI/AAAAAAAACpc/WKIjvulV5ug/s320/worlds-largest-easter-egg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466823418020039922" /></a>The huge chocolate egg, built in 2005 was made to commemorate the renovation of Belgium's largest market square ("Grote Markt") and headquarters of Guylian in the city of St Niklaas. <br /><br />It took 26 craftsmen 525 hours altogether to build the Easter Egg. The egg was supported by a shell of metal scaffolding with wooden panels. Although the egg was never meant to be eaten it contained 50,000 chocolate bars or around 1950 kgs (4,300 pounds) of chocolate all from the Guylian factory.<br /><br />Guylian beat the previous Guinness record holder for the world's largest Easter egg set by the Rotary Club of Piet Retief, KwaZula-Natal, South Africa, on April 4, 1996.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Other Weird and Wacky World Records</strong><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/worlds-longest-hot-dog.html">World Record Longest Hot Dog</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-leg-hair.html">World Record Longest Leg Hair</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/longest-photograph-in-world.html">Longest Photograph in the World</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2009/08/longest-beard-ever-measured.html">Longest Beard Ever Measured</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/worlds-longest-slinky-largest-slinky_14.html">World's Longest Slinky and Largest Slinky</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-attack-of-hiccups.html">World's Longest Attack of the Hiccups</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/belly-button-fluff-largest-collection.html">World Record Largest Collection of Belly Button Fluff</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-largest-collection-apple.html">World's Largest Collection of Apple Logo Collectibles</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-largest-collection-traffic-cones.html">World Record for Largest Collection of Traffic Cones</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-43123975645348578492010-04-21T17:26:00.000-07:002010-05-02T17:02:31.428-07:00World's Largest Collection of Air Sickness BagsNiek Vermeulen from the Netherlands has one of the strangest hobbies imaginable - he collects air sickness bags. <br /><br />Niek has held the world record for the largest collection of air sickness bags since 1986. At the time of setting the world record for the largest collection of air sickness bags in March 2008 his collection included 5468 bags from more than 1066 different airlines.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S8-U1VtFZ5I/AAAAAAAACjI/gen7fxPjQ4c/s1600/Niek-Vermeulen_airsickness-bags.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S8-U1VtFZ5I/AAAAAAAACjI/gen7fxPjQ4c/s320/Niek-Vermeulen_airsickness-bags.jpg" border="0" alt="Niek Vermeulen - Guinness World Record Holder for the largest collection of air sickness bags"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462748517103921042" /></a>Niek, a marketing and investment consultant, got the idea of collecting airsickness bags (also known as barf bags, sick sacks, airsick bags, motion sickness bags) in response to a bet with a friend to create a new world record by collecting the most of any one item.<br /><br />Parts of the aeroplane sickness bag collection which he has been collecting since the 1970's is on display in the Guinness Museums in Orlando and Las Vegas and in the Openluchtmuseum Arnheim. One of the most prized items in his collection is an airsickness bag from the NASA space shuttle Columbia which spent 16 days in space. <br /><br />Not content with collecting just airplane sickness bags Niek also has a large collection of airline playing cards which is the largest of its kind in the Netherlands and most likely one of the 10 largest collections in the world.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Related Articles</span><br /><a href="http://www.recordholders.org/en/records/barfbags.html" target="_blank">World's Largest Barf Bag Collection</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airsickness_bag" target="_blank">Wikipedia - Air Sickness Bags</a><br /><a href="http://www.bagophily.com/" target="_blank">Bagophily - The Magical World of Airplane Sickness Bags</a><br /><a href="http://au.dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Hobbies/Collecting/Air_Sickness_Bags/" target="_blank">Yahoo Collecting Air Sickness Bags</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/Top/Recreation/Collecting/Out_of_the_Ordinary/Air_Sickness_Bags/" target="_blank">Google Directory Collecting Air Sickness Bags</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Other Weird and Wacky Collections</strong><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/belly-button-fluff-largest-collection.html">World Record Largest Collection of Belly Button Fluff</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-largest-collection-apple.html">World's Largest Collection of Apple Logo Collectibles</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-largest-collection-traffic-cones.html">World Record for Largest Collection of Traffic Cones</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-7748198205451149322010-04-19T14:18:00.000-07:002010-04-19T23:07:23.379-07:0030 Weird Facts About the Human BodyAre you intrigued by the human body and its workings? Here are 30 weird facts about the human body that will amaze you.<br /><br />Did you know that human beings produce enough saliva in a life time to fill 2 swimming pools. Learn more strange facts, about the weird, the wonderful, the amazing human body. <br /><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80tsPLPIAI/AAAAAAAACiU/6v5puJJeCks/s1600/rsz_woman-sneezing.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80tsPLPIAI/AAAAAAAACiU/6v5puJJeCks/s200/rsz_woman-sneezing.jpg" border="0" alt="sneezing"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462072161081434114" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80t8g_fUnI/AAAAAAAACic/b3Y8T8ersfY/s1600/human-heart-diagram.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80t8g_fUnI/AAAAAAAACic/b3Y8T8ersfY/s200/human-heart-diagram.png" border="0" alt="heart diagram"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462072440741909106" /></a></center><br /><ol><li>Human sneezes have been measured at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour.<br /><br /><li>The human heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood through the blood vessels every day.<br /><br /><li>The average human produces a quart of saliva a day or 10,000 gallons in a lifetime.<br /><br /><li>The left lung is smaller than the right lung.<br /><br /><li>Most humans pass gas about 14 times per day.<br /><br /><li>Humans blink around 25 times a minute.<br /><br /><li>Humans have a unique tongue print as well as unique finger prints.<br /><br /><li>The human tongue is the only muscle in the human body that is not attached at both ends.<br /><br /><li>The body loses 40 to 100 strands of hair a day on average.<br /><br /><li>Your ears and nose continue to grow throughout your entire life.<br /><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80tRiTZwxI/AAAAAAAACiE/63MVzBLe1jM/s1600/human-ear.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80tRiTZwxI/AAAAAAAACiE/63MVzBLe1jM/s200/human-ear.JPG" border="0" alt="human ear"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462071702359491346" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80tZPtPuLI/AAAAAAAACiM/rhdbSxsKk3k/s1600/human-feet.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 197px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80tZPtPuLI/AAAAAAAACiM/rhdbSxsKk3k/s200/human-feet.jpg" border="0" alt="human feet"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462071834806565042" /></a></center><br /><li>The bones in the feet make up a quarter of all the bones in the human body. 26 bones in each foot. 206 bones in the human body.<br /><br /><li>We have approximately 2 million tiny hairs in our inner ear.<br /><br /><li>Hearing decreases as a result of overeating.<br /><br /><li>Babies have more bones than adults. 300 bones at birth which reduces to 206 bones at adulthood.<br /><br /><li>Every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.<br /><br /><li>Approximately twenty feet of blood vessels make up every square inch of human skin.<br /><br /><li>Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour which equates to about 1.5 pounds each year.<br /><br /><li>Humans get a new stomach lining every three to four days.<br /><br /><li>The human nose is capable of remembering 50,000 different scents.<br /><br /><li>Human beings use 200 muscles to take a single step.<br /><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80_kQZkeiI/AAAAAAAACik/xo6DvJ4-wzs/s1600/human-brain.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80_kQZkeiI/AAAAAAAACik/xo6DvJ4-wzs/s200/human-brain.jpg" border="0" alt="human brain"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462091815180335650" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80_pNHA8DI/AAAAAAAACis/DKIrCXd6jfY/s1600/smelly-feet.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 168px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S80_pNHA8DI/AAAAAAAACis/DKIrCXd6jfY/s200/smelly-feet.gif" border="0" alt="smelly feet"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462091900196548658" /></a></center><br /><li>A pair of feet have 500,000 sweat glands and can produce more than a pint of sweat a day.<br /><br /><li>Approximately 85% of the human brain is made up of water.<br /><br /><li>The human brain is more active during sleep that waking.<br /><br /><li>The human brain uses 10 watts of power.<br /><br /><li>The brain makes up 2% of the body weight but requires 20% of the oxygen and calories.<br /><br /><li>It takes more muscles to frown than to smile.<br /><br /><li>Each person has a smell that is unique to them alone.<br /><br /><li>Most men have an erection every 30 minutes to an hour during sleep.<br /><br /><li>Humans are about 1cm taller in the morning. The cartilage between the bones gets compressed during the day.<br /><br /><li>It is impossible for a person to tickle themself. <br /><br /></ol>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-22141424181794990172010-04-18T06:47:00.000-07:002010-05-02T17:02:31.430-07:00Worlds Largest Collection of Traffic ConesDavid Morgan from Burford, England holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of traffic cones. David set the world record 5 years ago with 137 different traffic cones in his collection but has since amassed more than 550 different cones.<br /><br />David, 64, of Oxfordshire, England, began collecting traffic cones in 1986. He now owns a traffic cone from more than two thirds of all the types of cone ever made. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.offbeatearth.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/91799.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://www.offbeatearth.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/91799.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />David is often dubbed "cone man". He is in fact a sales director of a plastics factory which is the world's largest producer of the cones. <br /><br />David has a special relationship with traffic cones. He finds their shapes, models and sizes interesting. Wherever he goes he collects traffic cones. Often bringing home discarded ones that he lovingly cleans up. He stores his cone collection in a lock up with no harmful UV light to break down the plastic cones. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Watch a Short Interview of David Morgan</span><br /><br /><center><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SBJLgMIMHeA&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SBJLgMIMHeA&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /></center><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Related Articles</span><br /><a href="http://archive.oxfordmail.net/2007/4/11/144335.html" target="_blank">Traffic Cone Collection Tops 500</a><br /><a href="http://www.search.com/reference/Traffic_cone" target="_blank">Traffic Cones at search.com</a><br /><br /><strong>Other Weird and Wacky Collections</strong><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/belly-button-fluff-largest-collection.html">World Record Largest Collection of Belly Button Fluff</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-largest-collection-apple.html">World's Largest Collection of Apple Logo Collectibles</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/large-collection-air-sickness-bags.html">World Record for Largest Collection of Air Sickness Bags</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-81330997172481188952010-04-17T07:06:00.000-07:002010-04-22T15:50:23.077-07:00Worlds Largest Collection of Apple CollectiblesTadataka Goh, a Japanese jazz bassist may have the world’s biggest collection of Apple-branded memorabilia. Tadataka has been collecting Apple collectibles for more than 15 years and has spent in excess of $100,000 on his collection.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cultofmac.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Tadataka_Goh.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 280px;" src="http://www.cultofmac.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Tadataka_Goh.jpg" border="0" alt="Tadataka Goh" /></a><br />The avid Japanese Apple-Mac collector who gets most of his collection from EBay and RedLightRunner has lost count of how many Apple-branded items he actually owns.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S8t7guudsfI/AAAAAAAAChU/pk4WITWwZbI/s1600/apple-mac_collectibles.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S8t7guudsfI/AAAAAAAAChU/pk4WITWwZbI/s320/apple-mac_collectibles.JPG" border="0" alt="Apple Collectibles - Big Collection of Apple Logo Products"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461594775345803762" /></a><br />Tadataka has everything Mac from the first issue of the MacWorld magazine to an Apple-branded traffic cone. Hundred of different Apple-MacIntosh items make up his vast collection including pens, t-shirts, baseball caps, watches, kids toys, posters, and buttons. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cultofmac.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/applemagazinevol3no1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.cultofmac.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/applemagazinevol3no1.jpg" border="0" alt="Apple Magazine Issue Number 1" /></a><br />His Apple mug collection has more than 350 mugs and coffee cups alone. He also reports that he owns about 400 items of Apple logo clothing. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cultofmac.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/tiedenim.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.cultofmac.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/tiedenim.jpg" border="0" alt="Apple Logo Apparel - Denim Tie from the 1980s" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Related Articles</span><br /><a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/gallery-the-worlds-largest-collection-of-apple-knickknacks-worth-100k/12786">The World's Largest Collection of Apple Knick-Knacks</a><br /><br /><strong>Other Weird and Wacky Collections</strong><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/belly-button-fluff-largest-collection.html">World Record Largest Collection of Belly Button Fluff</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/large-collection-air-sickness-bags.html">World Record Largest Collection of Air Sickness Bags</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-largest-collection-traffic-cones.html">World Record for Largest Collection of Traffic Cones</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-7882690132535664782010-04-09T15:44:00.000-07:002010-04-22T16:17:34.854-07:00The Worlds Longest Attack of HiccupsThe world's longest attack of hiccups lasted a total of 68 years according to the Guinness Book of Records. Charles Osborne (1894-1991) from Iowa, USA was unable to find a cure for a protracted attack of hiccups that started in 1922 and ended suddenly in February 1990. Mr Osborne died just over a year later in May 1991 having led a normal life, marrying twice and fathering 8 children.<br /><br />The attack began while Mr Osborne was attempting to weigh a hog before slaughtering it. Over the years Mr Osborne hiccupped up to 40 times a minute, slowing down to 20 a minute in later years. It is estimated that he hiccuped about 430 million times during the hiccup attack.<br /><br />Suffering from the world's longest attack of hiccups had compensations for Charles Osborne. The popular board game <span style="font-style:italic;">Trivial Pursuit</span> featured a question about him. His condition also resulted in guest appearances on Ripley's Believe It or Not! in 1936, ABC's That's Incredible! in 1980, and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1983.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_04/007HICCUPS_468x270.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 468px; height: 270px;" src="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_04/007HICCUPS_468x270.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Related Links</span><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/p/longest-stuff-in-world.html">View other World's Longest Records</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiccup">What is a Hiccup?</a><br /><a href="http://www.madeyourhiccups.info">Made Your Hiccups</a><br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-564365/The-British-man-hiccuped-non-stop-15-MONTHS.html#ixzz0keCW8xIS">The British Man Hiccuped Non-Stop for 15 Months</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Other Weird and Wacky World Records</strong><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-leg-hair.html">World Record Longest Leg Hair</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/worlds-longest-hot-dog.html">World Record Longest Hot Dog</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/longest-photograph-in-world.html">Longest Photograph in the World</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2009/08/longest-beard-ever-measured.html">Longest Beard Ever Measured</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/worlds-longest-slinky-largest-slinky_14.html">World's Longest Slinky and Largest Slinky</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-76973232295492202932010-04-07T05:58:00.000-07:002010-05-02T17:02:31.432-07:00Belly Button Fluff World's Largest Collection<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=blknho-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0545143454&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>As we all know belly button fluff or navel lint accumulates in the navel. Most of us like to get rid of it as soon as possible but Graham Barker from Perth, Australia has been collecting his own navel fluff since 17 January 1984 in order to study it. <br /><br />Graham was recognized in November 2000 by the Guinness Book of Records as the record holder for collecting navel lint. Graham collects about 3.03 mg per day of belly button lint. "Some people gaze into their navel for inspiration. I look into mine and see navel fluff," says Barker, whose aim is to collect enough navel pickings to stuff a pillow.<br /><br />Graham found that his navel fluff changed over time starting with a green tinge, then red and more recently blue. He attributed this color variation to changes over time in bath towel colors.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S7xIBEgRCSI/AAAAAAAACdk/45MADL9mYpg/s1600/largest-collection-of-belly-button-fluff.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 305px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S7xIBEgRCSI/AAAAAAAACdk/45MADL9mYpg/s320/largest-collection-of-belly-button-fluff.JPG" border="0" alt="world's largest collection of belly button fluff"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457316031692343586" /></a><center>Image: Courtesy <a href="http://www.feargod.net/fluff.html">Graham Barker</a></center><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Guinness-World-Records-2010-Thousands/dp/0553593374?ie=UTF8&tag=blknho-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">Guinness World Records 2010: Thousands of new records in The Book of the Decade!</a><br /><br />Reasons for belly button fluff have been speculated about for years until Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki of the University of Sydney, Australia surveyed 5000 people in his <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/lint/">navel lint survey</a>. He found that:<br /><ul><li>Navel lint consists primarily of stray fibres from one's clothing, mixed with some dead skin cells and strands of body hair.<br /><li>Contrary to expectations, navel lint appears to migrate upwards from underwear rather than downwards from shirts or tops. The migration process is the result of the frictional drag of body hair on underwear, which drags stray fibres up into the navel.<br /><li>Women experience less navel lint because of their finer and shorter body hairs. Conversely, older men experience it more because of their coarser and more numerous hairs.<br /><li>Navel lint's color appears in a characteristic blue-grey. The color is most likely an average of all clothing colors worn.</ul>For more bizarre world records, you can purchase the Guinness World Records 2010 and enjoy some of the world's weirdest and wackiest records at your fingertips. <iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=blknho-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1904994490&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=blknho-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0553593374&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Related Links</span> <br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4883791/Revealed-The-secrets-of-belly-button-fluff.html">The Secrets of Belly Button Fluff Revealed</a> <br /><a href="http://www.quizzical.com.au/where-does-belly-button-fluff-come-from/">Where Does Belly Button Fluff Come From?</a><br /><a href="http://www.feargod.net/fluff.html">The Incredible World of Navel Fluff</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Other Weird and Wacky Collections</strong><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-largest-collection-apple.html">World's Largest Collection of Apple Logo Collectibles</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/large-collection-air-sickness-bags.html">World Record Largest Collection of Air Sickness Bags</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-largest-collection-traffic-cones.html">World Record for Largest Collection of Traffic Cones</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-22316691159706584872010-04-05T18:36:00.000-07:002010-04-07T05:41:22.265-07:00The Worlds Longest Leg HairRecently we told you about <a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2009/08/longest-beard-ever-measured.html">the world's longest beard ever measured</a> now we bring you more medical marvels with the world's longest leg hair ever measured on a human body. <br /><br />The title of the Guinness Book of Records for the longest leg hair is currently held by Wesley Pemberton, a doctor from Dallas, Texas, USA. Wesley set the world record back in February 2008 on a TV Show in Madrid, Spain. The leg hair growing on his left calf was measured at 16.51 cm (6.5 in) long at that time.<br /><br />Wesley keeps the hair in great condition including washing it with conditioner to keep it strong and healthy. He was stated as saying that he was "going to pluck it and hang it next to the certificate” once he had officially had the leg hair measured for the title but later changed his mind.<br /><br />Before Wesley Pemberton earned the title for longest leg hair the previous title holder was Tim Stinton from Australia who in February 2005 held the record for the world's longest leg hair which measured 12.4 cm (4.88 in).<br /><br /><center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="cs_player" width="425" height="330"><param name="movie" value="http://eplayer.clipsyndicate.com/cs_api/get_swf/3/&amp;wpid=0&amp;page_count=5&amp;windows=1&amp;show_title=0&amp;va_id=416769&amp;auto_start=0&amp;auto_next=0" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://eplayer.clipsyndicate.com/cs_api/get_swf/3/&amp;wpid=0&amp;page_count=5&amp;windows=1&amp;show_title=0&amp;va_id=416769&amp;auto_start=0&amp;auto_next=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="330" /></object></embed><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pUSfW-pPAR4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pUSfW-pPAR4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Related Links</span><br /><a href="http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7190593">Man's Incredibly Long Leg Hair</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-51246075590130560182010-03-14T12:57:00.000-07:002010-03-15T22:24:19.834-07:00The Worlds Shortest Man Dies at 22<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Pingping">He Pingping</a>, holder of the Guinness World Record as the shortest man in the world who is mobile, died yesterday at just 22 years of age. He Pingping was a mere 74.61cm (2’ 5.37”) when officially measured by Guinness World Records in 2008. His shortness was a result of a form of primordial dwarfism. His father He Yun claimed He Pingping was only as small as a palm at birth.<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P_OtcfRpZ7g&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P_OtcfRpZ7g&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />He Pingping who was born in 1988 in Huade County in Wulanchabu, China (Inner Mongolia) spent much of his time travelling the world at event launches, TV shows and photoshoots. He was in Rome taking part in a television show when he suffered chest problems and it was later confirmed he died of heart complications. He Pingping was said to have smoked around 2 packs of cigarettes per day.<br /><br />Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday commenting on this sad loss said that for such a small man he had made a huge impact around the world. "He brightened up the lives of everyone he met, and was an inspiration to anyone considered different or unusual”. <br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S58RKvpD9HI/AAAAAAAACYk/tgJR_9vHuu8/s1600-h/worlds-shortest-man_He-PingPing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S58RKvpD9HI/AAAAAAAACYk/tgJR_9vHuu8/s400/worlds-shortest-man_He-PingPing.jpg" border="0" alt="He Pingping - the world's shortest man dwarfed by the world's tallest man"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449092950426645618" /></a><br />He Pingping's successor as the world's shortest man is yet to be announced. Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal who is reportedly 51 centimetres (20 inches) high is likely to claim the title now that he has turned 18 years of age and unlikely to grow further.<br /> <br /><strong>Related Links</strong><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe1KhwnUr9Q">Watch Channel 4 video of Khagendra Thapa Magar</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-58811799586237574212010-03-14T11:45:00.000-07:002010-04-22T16:48:15.641-07:00The World's Longest Slinky Largest SlinkyThe unofficial record set in 1999 for the world's longest Slinky currently stands at 21 metres (71 foot). The monster Slinky is suspended on 418 elastic threads and is free to move in three dimensions. To make the world's longest Slinky 34 Slinkies were soldered together. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.firstpr.com.au/slinky/sl981231-1a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 717px;" src="http://www.firstpr.com.au/slinky/sl981231-1a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><center><a href="http://www.firstpr.com.au/slinky/">Courtesy Robin Whittle at firstpr.com.au</a></center> <br /><br /><strong>The Story of the Slinky in Short</strong><br />The Slinky toy was invented in 1943 by naval engineer, Richard James. His wife Betty decided to name this new toy "slinky" after coming across the Swedish word for stealthy, sleek and sinuous in a dictionary. The design of the Slinky hasn't changed in the last 65 years apart from the crimp that was added to the ends of the wire for safer play. The Slinky has appeared in several movies the most celebrated of which is the Disney animated feature Toy Story. The Slinky is still made in Pennsylvania on the original equipment designed by Richard James and has sold in excess of three hundred million toys worldwide. <br /><br /><br /><b>Related Links</b><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slinky">What is a Slinky?</a><br /><a href="http://www.poof-slinky.com/">Slinky Toy Official Website</a><br /><a href="http://www.firstpr.com.au/slinky/">More on Long Slinkys</a><br /><br /><strong>Other Weird and Wacky World Records</strong><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-leg-hair.html">World Record Longest Leg Hair</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/worlds-longest-hot-dog.html">World Record Longest Hot Dog</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2009/08/longest-beard-ever-measured.html">Longest Beard Ever Measured</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-attack-of-hiccups.html">World's Longest Attack of the Hiccups</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/longest-photograph-in-world.html">Longest Photograph in the World</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-68877151053360523802010-03-13T15:41:00.000-08:002010-04-22T16:45:43.864-07:00The Longest Photograph in the WorldA 100 meter long continuous photo is thought to be the world's longest photo. The longest photograph was taken by Simon Hoegsberg, a 32-year-old photographer from Denmark who spent 17 months making a single continuous print. <br /><br />Simon calls his photograph "We're All Gonna Die—100 Meters of Existence." His aim in recording the images was to capture "the uniqueness of 'ordinary' people". <br /><br />The photograph - a montage - features 178 people shot on a railroad bridge in Berlin in 2007 over the course of 20 days. The photograph can be viewed at <a href="http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html">Simon's website</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S5wk4GdGs2I/AAAAAAAACXw/FBEFDa5yzCk/s1600-h/longest-photo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 162px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S5wk4GdGs2I/AAAAAAAACXw/FBEFDa5yzCk/s400/longest-photo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448270195435418466" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Other Weird and Wacky World Records</strong><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-leg-hair.html">World Record Longest Leg Hair</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/worlds-longest-hot-dog.html">World Record Longest Hot Dog</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2009/08/longest-beard-ever-measured.html">Longest Beard Ever Measured</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/worlds-longest-slinky-largest-slinky_14.html">World's Longest Slinky and Largest Slinky</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-attack-of-hiccups.html">World's Longest Attack of the Hiccups</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-31705664597250862272010-03-12T16:11:00.000-08:002010-12-06T16:18:56.367-08:00The World's Longest Hot DogThe world’s longest hot dog ever recorded measured 60.3m in length and was made by the Shizuoka Meat Producers of Shizuokathe, Japan. The Guiness World Record was set at the Akasaka Prince Hotel in Tokyo in 2006 as part of a media event surrounding the 50th anniversary of the All-Japan Bread Association. The weiner was made off site and later cooked at the event along with the bun. The hot dog was then cut up so that guests present could sample it.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S5wsC6ehmfI/AAAAAAAACX4/BwPauyYM6s8/s1600-h/longest-hot-dog-in-the-world.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/S5wsC6ehmfI/AAAAAAAACX4/BwPauyYM6s8/s320/longest-hot-dog-in-the-world.jpg" border="0" alt="The world's longest hot dog"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448278077780105714" /></a><br /><center>Photo Credit: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_longest_hot_dog">Wikipedia</a></center><br /><br /><strong>Related Links</strong><br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_longest_hot_dog">More about the world's longest hot dog </a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Other Weird and Wacky World Records</strong><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-leg-hair.html">World Record Longest Leg Hair</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/longest-photograph-in-world.html">Longest Photograph in the World</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2009/08/longest-beard-ever-measured.html">Longest Beard Ever Measured</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/worlds-longest-slinky-largest-slinky_14.html">World's Longest Slinky and Largest Slinky</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-attack-of-hiccups.html">World's Longest Attack of the Hiccups</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282854564195586666.post-53510611784410918572009-08-03T14:53:00.000-07:002010-04-22T16:19:05.088-07:00The Longest Beard Ever MeasuredThe beard is the fastest growing hair on the body of a human male. If a man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to around 9 metres long in his lifetime.<br /><br /><strong>Selected Facts</strong><br /><ul><li><strong>Pogonotrophy</strong> (po-guh-NAW-truh-fee) is the name given to the cultivation of beards, beard-growing. <br />Origins: [pogon (beard) + trophy (nourishment, growth)] <br /><br /><li>The <strong>longest beard ever measured</strong> was donated to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, in 1967. It belonged to Hans Langseth of Norway who at his death in 1927 had cultivated a beard 5.33 meters (17 feet 6 inches) long. I understand that visitors to the Smithsonian can view the beard so next time you're there don't miss it.<br /><br /><li>The <strong>longest beard belonging to a living person</strong> is that of Sikh, Shamsher Singh of Surrey, England whose beard last measured in at 2.36 meters or 7.7 3/4 ft setting a new Guinness Book of World Records in 2008 for the longest beard to be measured on live person. </li></ul><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/SndkzI2snBI/AAAAAAAABck/igXypvRDNp8/s1600-h/beards_hans_langseth.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vLeiVavkV_M/SndkzI2snBI/AAAAAAAABck/igXypvRDNp8/s320/beards_hans_langseth.jpg" border="0" alt="Longest beard ever measured belonged to Hans Langseth from Norway who at his death in 1927 had cultivated a beard 5.33 metres (17 feet 6 inches) long. "id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365868310748240914" /></a><br /><center>Public Domain Image. Courtesy of <a href="http://library.ndsu.edu/archives/databases">North Dakota State University Libraries</a> via <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Langseth.jpg">Wiki Media Commons</a></center><br /><br /><strong>Related Links</strong><br /><a href="http://www.akbeardclub.com/">World Beard and Moustache Championship</a><br /><a href="http://wbma.whiskerclub.org/">World Beard and Moustache Association</a><br /><a href="http://www.beards.org/whybeard.php">All About Beards</a><br /><a href="http://www.whiskerclub.org/index.htm">The Whisker Club</a><br /><br /><strong>Other Weird and Wacky World Records</strong><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-leg-hair.html">World Record Longest Leg Hair</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-longest-attack-of-hiccups.html">World Record Longest Attack of Hiccups</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/worlds-longest-hot-dog.html">World Record Longest Hot Dog</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/longest-photograph-in-world.html">Longest Photograph in the World</a><br /><a href="http://facts-and-factoids.blogspot.com/2010/03/worlds-longest-slinky-largest-slinky_14.html">World's Longest Slinky and Largest Slinky</a>The Wizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640609198263053315noreply@blogger.com0